Meteoro_(brigantine)

<i>Meteoro</i> (brigantine)

Meteoro (brigantine)

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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Meteor.

Meteoro was a brigantine of the Chilean Navy originally built in New Orleans for the Mexican Navy prior to the Mexican–American War.[1] During its service in the Chilean Navy the ship engaged in the suppression of the Mutiny of Cambiazo in the Straits of Magellan.[1] In 1859 Meteoro, commanded by Martín Aguayo, almost sunk at during a storm in Cape Horn while its companion ship Pizarro commanded by Francisco Hudson was lost.[1]

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    Meteoro, bergantín (1º) Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, Armada de Chile. Retrieved on 15 March 2013.
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